blatz514:Other Jordan rookie cards not quite perfect but still in mint condition could command thousands of dollars.

Wut?

In most card grading companies, there is mint and gem-mint. Gem-mint is literally flawless. Mint is pretty much flawless with 1 incredibly minor flaw that basically required expert analysis to find (i.e. centering may be a tiny bit off).

machoprogrammer:blatz514: Other Jordan rookie cards not quite perfect but still in mint condition could command thousands of dollars.

Wut?

In most card grading companies, there is mint and gem-mint. Gem-mint is literally flawless. Mint is pretty much flawless with 1 incredibly minor flaw that basically required expert analysis to find (i.e. centering may be a tiny bit off).

Thank you for that. I was scratching my head after reading that in the article.

I have a ton of them from my childhood that are supposedly worth something, but GOOD LUCK finding someone who will actually farking buy them!

It's not like a collector is going to take a chance on something like that over EBay, and trying to sell them to a store will only result in some nerd finding microscopic flaws that he claims will reduce their value.

I have a ton of them from my childhood that are supposedly worth something, but GOOD LUCK finding someone who will actually farking buy them!

It's not like a collector is going to take a chance on something like that over EBay, and trying to sell them to a store will only result in some nerd finding microscopic flaws that he claims will reduce their value.

Most cards produced post-1980 (with a few exceptions, like the 1986-87 Fleer basketball cards which contain the Jordan and many other rookies) are not worth the cardboard they are printed on. Some of the early 80s rookies are worth a good amount of graded mint or gem-mint, but those are very rare for a reason.

And if you have a valuable card, get it graded. If you plan on buying one, buy one graded from a respectable company (PSA preferably, Beckett at the least). Lots of fake/doctored cards out there.

I have a ton of them from my childhood that are supposedly worth something, but GOOD LUCK finding someone who will actually farking buy them!

It's not like a collector is going to take a chance on something like that over EBay, and trying to sell them to a store will only result in some nerd finding microscopic flaws that he claims will reduce their value.

Like comics, after the early 1980s, the market was flooded with cards. pre-1980s cards are worth money because your mom threw them away or you used them to decorate the spokes on your sweet-ass '70s bike. I have some cards yet that date from the 1910s to the 70s, even battered they're still worth more than my 1986 Topps complete set. Only a few cards post-1980 are worth anything, mostly rookies of top stars. I could burn my entire '86 set and lose less than $10. Except my O-Pee-Chee Pete Rose Montreal Expos card. That's kinda fun to own, frankly.

/Haven't collected cards in years.//Except for those Star Trek cards in the early 1990s.

I have a ton of them from my childhood that are supposedly worth something, but GOOD LUCK finding someone who will actually farking buy them!

It's not like a collector is going to take a chance on something like that over EBay, and trying to sell them to a store will only result in some nerd finding microscopic flaws that he claims will reduce their value.

Like comics, after the early 1980s, the market was flooded with cards. pre-1980s cards are worth money because your mom threw them away or you used them to decorate the spokes on your sweet-ass '70s bike. I have some cards yet that date from the 1910s to the 70s, even battered they're still worth more than my 1986 Topps complete set. Only a few cards post-1980 are worth anything, mostly rookies of top stars. I could burn my entire '86 set and lose less than $10. Except my O-Pee-Chee Pete Rose Montreal Expos card. That's kinda fun to own, frankly.

/Haven't collected cards in years.//Except for those Star Trek cards in the early 1990s.

Wasn't part of the problem that they started selling complete sets? When I was a kid you just kept buying pack after pack hoping you got a Willie Stargell or a card of someone good. I probably threw away more gum than I have chewed over my life time buying those damn things.